Gossip (2CD)
Produced by Alan Thorne and Paul Kelly, 'Gossip' was originally released as a double album in September 1986 - peaking at #15 on the National albums charts achieving gold record status.There was singles chart success for "Before Too Long" which peaked at #15 and "Darling it Hurts" reaching #25. 'Gossip' was also widely released in America - launching Paul Kelly and his band - now called The Coloured Girls (after a line from Lou Reed's 'Walk On The Wild Side') on an American tour, initially supporting Crowded House and then head-lining, travelling across the United States by bus. "Darling it Hurts" peaked at #19 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1987.
The New York Times rock critic, John Pareles wrote "Mr. Kelly sang one smart, catchy three-minute song after another - dozens of them - as the band played with no-frills directness." following the band's performance at the Bottom Line Club in New York.
LIST
- Last Train to Heaven
- Leaps and Bounds
- Before the Old Man Died
- Down On My Speedway
- White Train
- Randwick Bells
- Before Too Long
- Adelaide
- I Won't Be Torn Apart
- Going About My Father's Business
- Somebody's Forgetting Somebody (Somebody's Letting Somebody Down)
- The Ballroom
- Tighten Up
- I've Come for Your Daughter
- So Blue
- The Execution
- Incident On South Dowling Street
- Maralinga (Rainy Land)
- Darling It Hurts
- Look So Fine, Feel So Low
- Stories of Me
- Don't Harm the Messenger
- Gossip
- After the Show
WATCH: PK Performs "Going About My Father's Business" Live